During our time in Scandinavia we haven’t just been learning about business culture and practices. We have also taken time to visit Tallinn University of Technical (TUT) and the Hanken School of Economics (Helsinki) to learn about the differences in business school study programs. It was a lot of fun getting to know some fellow […]
Venturing onto Stockholm!
Posted on June 6, 2016 Written by
Hello! Hallå! Tere! Hei! Welcome to Stockholm! Conversionista! Founder and CEO, John Ekman me with us and has mastered the art of calculating website conversion rates. The industry that the company primarily works with is e-commerce where the conversion rate is known to be below 3%. Conversionista believes that each digital bucket on the website […]
The Adventure Continues, Viking Style…
Posted on June 6, 2016 Written by
We continued our journey in Sweden but this time we visited the beautiful city of Stockholm. Our first stop was a company called SANDVIK. This was a unique company in the sense that, even though not many of our colleagues could relate to what the company did, we did learn a lot about how the Scandinavian […]
Business in Scandinavia – Stockholm – Part 2
Posted on June 6, 2016 Written by
We had a wonderful dinner at the “name of the island and hotel”. It was a great Viking experience, our friend Bjorn took us to this restaurant which replicated the Vikings dinner. It had no electricity and the whole room was lit with candle lights. They had the ancient type of dinner tables with animal […]
Business Lessons – Stockholm
Posted on June 5, 2016 Written by
Time to get back to work after our fika. After three exciting days in Goeteborg culminating in the Post Hotel Bar that was recommended to us by several locals, we took the morning train to Sweden’s capital city of Stockholm. We wasted no time in heading straight to a meeting with Bettina Baumgartner, the VP […]
Business Lessons – Goeteborg
Posted on June 2, 2016 Written by
So now it is time to start our blog. We are traveling by train to Stockholm after spending three days in the beautiful city of Goeteborg. Our visit there included a stop at Volvo Cars world headquarters followed by a delicious dinner with members of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce and other distinguished guests. The […]
And so it Begins!
Posted on June 1, 2016 Written by
Greetings from Gothenburg, Sweden! After an exhausting 20+ hour travel day, we are finally in the EU, and we are excited to start our adventures abroad. One thing we have immediately noticed from our short stay in Gothenburg is the impact that Democratic Socialism has on transportation. Visiting the headquarters at Volvo and the non-profit […]
Eshwar and Nathan Invade Scandinavia
Posted on May 25, 2016 Written by
The best candy in the world is Daim. This is not questionable. It is made of delicious chocolate and toffee and can be purchased at a furniture store called IKEA. IKEA is a Swedish invention. In fact, there are a number of reasons why IKEA is Swedish and not Canadian or Chinese, for example. One of […]
Off We Go…
Posted on May 25, 2016 Written by
My name is Ashkan Payami (you can call me Ash), and I am a 2nd year Full-Time MBA Student at Chapman University. I got my undergraduate degree in Biology at UC Santa Barbara. When I graduated, I started working at Sam’s Club as an Operations Manager for 3 years and it was during this time […]
Business in Scandinavia: Pre-Departure
Posted on May 25, 2016 Written by
Hello! Hallå! Tere! Hei! We are Team16-1 and are ready for Business in Scandinavia!! Meet the team members: Kyla Javier: I am a 25 year old Masters student from Orange County and I am ready to jet set out of the United States! I have always been fascinated with Scandinavia as I am a quarter Norwegian […]
